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Pyrotechnics are devices that produce controlled explosions, flames, or sparks, and are commonly used in entertainment such as fireworks displays and stage shows. They matter because they allow entertainers and event producers to create dramatic visual effects that enhance performances and celebrations for audiences.
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Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of creating fireworks, but also includes safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts (and other fasteners), parts of automotive airbags, as well as gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarrying, and demolition. This trade relies upon self-contained and self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions to make heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound. The name comes from the Greek words pyr (πυρ; 'fire') and technikós (τεχνικός; 'artistic').